Facebook Twitter Pinterest

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Sell yours for a Gift Card
We'll buy it for up to $0.69
Learn More
Trade in now

Path to War

Various (Actor, Director) Rated:
NR
Format: DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars 127 customer reviews
Additional DVD options Edition Discs
Price
New from Used from
DVD
(Jun 01, 2004)
"Please retry"
—
1
—
$8.23 $2.38
DVD
"Please retry"
— —
—
$8.73 —
DVD
"Please retry"
—
1
—
— $11.55
Watch Instantly with Rent Buy
Path To War — $7.99
Path To War — $9.99
Amazon Pre-order Price Guarantee
"Coat of Many Colors" available for pre-order on DVD
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors, bundled with special features, deleted scenes, a "making of" documentary, and interviews with cast members, is available for pre-order. Coat of Many Colors tells the emotional story of Parton’s large family growing up in rural Tennessee as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith, and a raggedy patchwork coat. Learn more

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Back
  1. Truman
    Diana Scanwid
    4.6 out of 5 stars 103
    DVD
    $17.49 Prime
  2. Gathering Storm, The
    Albert Finney
    4.6 out of 5 stars 390
    DVD
    $5.89 Prime
  3. Thirteen Days (Infinifilm Edition)
    Kevin Costner
    4.2 out of 5 stars 417
    DVD
    $9.59 Prime
  4. The Reagans
    Judy Davis
    3.5 out of 5 stars 56
    DVD
    $8.59 Prime
  5. George Wallace (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    Gary Sinise
    4.5 out of 5 stars 43
    DVD
    $8.75 Prime
  6. The Fog of War
    Robert McNamara
    4.6 out of 5 stars 432
    DVD
    $49.83 Prime
Next

Special Features

Biographies: Cast & Crew Bios Documentaries: "Path To War" Timeline Other: TIME Magazine Special Features "Path To War" Interactive Strategy SimulatorBiographies: Cast & Crew Bios Documentaries: "Path To War" Timeline Other: TIME Magazine Special Features "Path To War" Interactive Strategy SimulatorBiographies: Cast & Crew Bios Documentaries: "Path To War" Timeline Other: TIME Magazine Special Features "Path To War" Interactive Strategy SimulatorBiographies: Cast & Crew Bios Documentaries: "Path To War" Timeline Other: TIME Magazine Special Features "Path To War" Interactive Strategy SimulatorBiographies: Cast & Crew Bios Documentaries: "Path To War" Timeline Other: TIME Magazine Special Features "Path To War" Interactive Strategy SimulatorBiographies: Cast & Crew Bios Documentaries: "Path To War" Timeline Other: TIME Magazine Special Features "Path To War" Interactive Strategy SimulatorBiographies: Cast & Crew Bios Documentaries: "Path To War" Timeline Other: TIME Magazine Special Features "Path To War" Interactive Strategy Simulator

Product Details

  • Actors: Various
  • Directors: Various
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Dubbed: French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: Unknown
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
    NR
    Not Rated
  • Studio: HBO Video
  • DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
  • Run Time: 164 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (127 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00007M55W
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,343 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

  • Learn more about "Path to War" on IMDb

Customer Reviews

Top Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsPath to War
By Steven Hellerstedt on April 16, 2005
Format: DVD
THE PATH TO WAR is John Frankenheimer's biography of the Vietnam War, told through the prism of the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. The movie, director Frankenheimer's last, was produced and released in 2002 as the United States was preparing to launch a war against Iraq. As such it serves as a cautionary tale with a strong political point of view - the message is simple and strong: Even the best and the brightest can be blinded by optimism, and a quagmire once entered is not easily left.

THE PATH TO WAR spends a great deal of time in cabinet meetings. This is a political drama pitting special advisor Clark Clifford (Donald Sutherland) against Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (Alec Baldwin) in battle for the heart and mind of President Johnson (Michael Gambon). Clifford is the Dove, the main player advocating restraint and caution viz. Vietnam, while McNamara Hawkishly counsels a steady buildup of American forces. At first English actor Gambon seemed an odd choice for the role of Texas-born Johnson. He fits the part physically, and he's the right age, but his west Texas accent is a bit off the mark. Not terribly off, but he doesn't nail it either. Johnson is a familiar television presence from my youth and his heavy drawl must have made a deep impression. In any event, it was distracting for a while, but Gambon is such a strong actor, and otherwise so right for the part that I stopped worrying about it after a while.

Frankenheimer was a personal friend of Johnson's arch-foe Robert Kennedy, and a generation ago Frankenheimer might have treated Johnson as a bit more of a political monster. Indeed, Johnson the politician could play rough.Read more ›
1 Comment 65 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
5.0 out of 5 starsVietnam War - The Inner Machinations
By Stargazer on August 4, 2004
Format: DVD
I hadn't seen this film before the DVD arrived in my letterbox - the name of the Director John Frankenheimer was what originally caught my attention plus it was about Vietnam and the war of my generation.
When the war broke out I remember my father saying it was "an unwinnable war" and of course I had no idea what he meant - he who had served in the AIF in New Guinea in WW11. And so it became obvious watching this brilliant HBO film that with the best will in the world President Johnson and his cohorts had no comprehension of what they were getting into either. It was only later when the reports came back describing how villagers cycled down to a stricken train to help unload it (the lines had been destroyed by US bombing) and painstakingly moved the items on board the train to handlebars of bicycles to be ferried to another train further down the line. How they built devices across rivers to replace blown up bridges, and how they determinedly went on with their lives as best they could that the White House staff realised with growing alarm that they could be in this war forever.
Johnson himself comes across as a man under enormous pressure, much of it caused by his insecurity and self doubts. The rest of course was brought upon him by the Vietnam war,which wrecked his health and eventually him destroyed him.
This is an excellent, accurate portrayal of the machinations of Vietnam as I remember it, and it paints a picture of men trying to grapple with a war they don't understand, fearful of defeat (unthinkable) the escalating cost and Johnson's programmes to help the poor and Civil Rights in danger of being lost as the national budget is blown to smithereens.
Micahel Gambon was magnificent as LBJ, as was Donald Sutherland.
The film is engrossing from beginning to end, in fact the whole DVD package is a must have in my opinion.
Comment 32 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
4.0 out of 5 starsThe last great film of John Frankenheimer
By Michael Trevino on April 15, 2003
Format: DVD
Being a huge John Frankenheimer fan, this movie was on my list to see for some time since I don't have HBO. Overall, I wasn't expecting too much from this movie, somehow I have that perception with all made-for-tv movies. The movie certainly has that feel in the first few minutes, with acting that seems a bit forced and wooden. But as the story progressed, I slowly got pulled into the situation and characters of all involved. By the time the movie was over, I was impressed with the portrait provided of LBJ as a troubled man who wanted to do so much for the country, but was held back with a stalemate war. It's expertly directed by Frankenheimer, with his classic visual style that exudes tension with facial close-ups. Gambon does a pretty good job too, although most of his acting in this movie falls into the `concerned man' and the `screaming and yelling man' episodes; it still shows the bi-polar sources pulling at him.
It resonates a bit with the current tensions and war in Iraq (some of this is mentioned in the bonus features), but it still carves out its own identity; when was the last time a President talked about a Great Society? It makes me wonder how significant of a President Johnson could have been (many books defer to this position as well, almost worthy of a place on Mt. Rushmore). But as a youngster, most of the Presidents I've been alive to experience are focused more on cautious outlooks than on civil progression and visionary goals. Of course its all easier said than done, but it seems to me the era visionaries has ceased with Johnson's statement not run for a second term in office.
I know very little of the historic values of past Presidents, but it's a genre I enjoy experiencing in the movies and television.Read more ›
Comment 23 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse

Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsGood movie, keeps your attention

Very insightful, opens your eyes

Published 20 hours ago by Randy Blaser
5.0 out of 5 starsGood history lesson

Outstanding portrayal of historical figures of that era.

Published 20 hours ago by Mark Caruso
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent primer on LBJ's presidency

Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in Potter movies) does a great job of capturing LBJ's gravitas

Published 4 days ago by alex castillo
4.0 out of 5 starsDecent

Good movie although a little uneven.

Published 5 days ago by William Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Well protrayed

Published 5 days ago by Paula Martinez
3.0 out of 5 stars... an interesting movie that was worth my time towatch. I have to be...

While an interesting movie that was worth my time to watch. I have to be critical of how this portrays LBJ a rather innocent person. That could not be further from the truth. Read more

Published 26 days ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Very enjoyable to watch

Published 27 days ago by Daniel Dever
1.0 out of 5 starsA Complete fictional contrived story used to cover up true history

I was immediately offended that the writers of this "fictional movie" tried to sell on us the lie that, "Lyndon Johnson was against war in Vietnam". Read more

Published 1 month ago by Darkshaman
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

A great movie about Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam war - how we got so involved.

Published 1 month ago by Duane E. Webb
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat re-enactment of LBJ's struggle with the war in Vietnam

Historical events in Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency leading up to the war in Vietnam. All star cast featuring Michael Gambon who performs admirably, Bruce McGill, Donald... Read more

Published 1 month ago by PTC

Forums

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

Customers Also Watched on Amazon Video

There's a problem loading this menu right now.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.



Look for Similar Items by Category

Pages with Related Products. See and discover other items: vietnam dvd